More asinine remarks from Tom DeLay [poll]

Houston Chronicle

AUSTIN - An attorney for U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay on Wednesday accused prosecutors of engaging in unethical grand jury shopping to obtain criminal charges against the former House majority leader.

Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle had gotten one grand jury to indict DeLay on Sept. 28 on a charge of conspiring to violate state election laws. Two days later, a second grand jury rejected Earle's attempt to indict DeLay on money laundering charges. But a third grand jury on Monday gave Earle the money laundering indictment he sought.

"The district attorney is supposed to be an officer of the court and is supposed to be bound by ethical rules ... It just doesn't smell right," DeLay's attorney Dick DeGuerin said.

Is this supposed to be a joke?

Now Tom DeLay is an expert on ethics in government? That's like Rush Limbaugh scolding people for drug abuse (oh wait, that has already happened).

If I were Tom DeLay (ugghhh, I don't want to think about that), I would stop bitching about jury selection and start worrying about how to win the case, because rich guys generally don't do so well in state prisons.

Of course, DeLay is lucky that he has the right to a trial. If he had his way with the treatment of prisoners, DeLay would be locked up somewhere indefinitely, without trial, and subject to torture and abuse. If DeLay was an Arab immigrant, he would probably never see the light of day again. But that's the Republican justice system for you - the darker your skin, the harsher your punishment.